This news release noticably does *NOT* mention exactly to what these
prosecutions refer, however, they are referring to the
transportation, by Wackenhut, of tractor-trailer loads of goods for
the CIA to Iraq while we were at war with Iraq (Exposed in July,
1992 Spy magazine article by Joe Conason).
Notice this announcement came on the Friday before Mt. Carmel, in
Waco, Texas, was burned to the ground.
04/16/1993
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Justice Department won't seek to prosecute
anyone in connection with a document that was altered to hide
military applications of some U.S. exports to Iraq, it has been
confirmed.
Word of this decision was sent to Congress last week by the
department's Office of Legislative Affairs, spokesman Dean St.
Dennis said.
St. Dennis confirmed Thursday night that Justice officials had
looked into the case and said they had decided against pursuing it.
The Commerce Department's inspector general concluded after an
investigation that a computerized list of $1.5 billion worth of
high-tech exports to Iraq between 1985 and 1990 had been doctored to
cover up the fact that much of the equipment had military value.
Dennis E. Kloske, a former undersecretary of commerce in the Bush
administration, had been identified by Commerce Department officials
as the person responsible for making the alterations.
St. Dennis said the decision not to pursue the case was made by
John Keeney, the acting assistant attorney general in charge of the
Justice Department's criminal division. St. Dennis said he did not
know the reasons for the decision.
The New York Times, in Friday's editions, quoted a congressman
who first called for an investigation of the matter in 1991 as
saying he wanted Attorney General Janet Reno to reopen the case.
The lawmaker, Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., was informed in a brief
letter that the decision was made following "a complete
investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," the Times
said.